Akaltara | |
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Constituency No. 33 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Central India |
State | Chhattisgarh |
District | Janjgir-Champa |
LS constituency | Janjgir-Champa |
Established | 1956 |
Total electors | 222,283 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Raghavendra Kumar Singh | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2023 |
Preceded by | Saurabh Singh |
Akaltara is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. [2] [3] [4] [5] It is in Janjgir-Champa district. As of 2023, it is represented by Raghavendra Kumar Singh of the Indian National Congress party.
Year | Member | Party | |
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Prior to 1957: part of Akaltara-Masturi assembly constituency | |||
1957 | Thakur Bhuwan Bhaskar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | |||
1967 | Ramgopal | ||
1972 | Rajendra Kumar Singh | ||
1977 | |||
1980 | Dhirender Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1985 | Rakesh Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1990 | Jawahar Dubey | Independent politician | |
1993 | Chhatram Devangan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1998 |
Election | Name | Party | |
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2003 | Ramadhar | Indian National Congress | |
2008 [6] | Saurabh Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
2013 [7] | Chunnilal Sahu | Indian National Congress | |
2018 [8] [9] [10] | Saurabh Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2023 [1] | Raghavendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Raghavendra Kumar Singh | 80,043 | 47.05 | +29.26 | |
BJP | Saurabh Singh | 57,285 | 33.67 | −5.24 | |
JCC | Richa Ajit Jogi | 16,464 | 9.68 | ||
BSP | Vinod Sharma | 5,774 | 3.39 | −34.33 | |
AAP | Anand Prakash Miri | 4,826 | 2.84 | +2.22 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 897 | 0.53 | −0.91 | |
Majority | 22,758 | 13.38 | +12.19 | ||
Turnout | 170,118 | 76.53 | −0.05 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Saurabh Singh | 60,502 | 38.91 | ||
BSP | Richa Ajit Jogi | 58,648 | 37.72 | ||
INC | Chunnilal Sahu | 27,667 | 17.79 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,242 | 1.44 | ||
Majority | 1,854 | 1.19 | |||
Turnout | 155,496 | 76.58 | −2.28 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
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